Suppress echo of command invocation in makefile?

Question

I wrote a program for an assignment which is supposed to print its output to stdout. The assignment spec requires the creation of a Makefile which when invoked as make run

Answer 1

The effect of preceding the command with an @ can be extended to a section by extending the command using a trailing backslash on the line. If a .PHONY command is desired to suppress output one can begin the section with:

@printf "..."